Moss Balls and Topiaries (Size Does Matter!)

After the acrylic paint dried, I started hot gluing the green Spanish moss, section-by-section, and that was that.

Here is the finished 8 inch moss topiary.

With the bigger moss ball topiary (I can’t help myself giggling at the name), it was pretty much the same process. The only difference was that I decided to add some vines on top of it so it would resemble the real deal. To accomplish this, I randomly wrapped some vines on the top part then hot glued the vines’ ends at the bottom of the ball.

Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Carolyn! There are two types of glue guns, high heat or low heat. Or you can get them to have both settings just like the one I have. As the main trick to get the hot glue cooled down a little before it hits the StyroFoam’s surface, I either do this with the gun’s settings or change the way of the application depending on what material I am using: If the moss is sheet moss, I spread the hot glue on the sheet moss, then I glue it on the SytroFoam. By the time I put the hot glued sheet moss on the StyroFoam, the hot glue cools enough not to deform the StyroFoam. If I am using Spanish moss then I know I have to hot glue the StyroFoam directly. In that case, I raise my hot glue gun’s tip a little higher (about an inch or two) rather than keeping the tip very close to Styrofoam’s surface. That way I give the hot glue drips chance to cool a bit before they hit the StyroFoam. Also StyroFoams come in two different surfaces. If I am using the prickled surface Styrofoam then I make sure I use my hot glue gun on the low heat setting as they are a bit less heat resistant in my opinion. If I am using the smooth surfaced Styrofoam then I know I can set my my hot glue gun on high heat setting at least for a short while if I need to. I hope these hints will be helpful 🙂

Absolutely beautiful moss ball decorations!! I especially love the cork one!! So unique! Thank you so much for sharing at my craft party on Thursday! Would love to see your newest posts this week, which starts at 7pm EST.

Stopping back by – Loved your project!!You have been Pinned, Tweeted and Posted to facebook! Congratulations -Your post will be featured this week at the Friday Favorites Link Party. The party goes LIVE on Thursdays at 7PM at mustlovehome.com I hope to see your there! Hugs – Christine at Must Love Home

Hi, just saw this post featured on Grace at Home and am obsessed! I use topiaries in all of my decorating and will hot glue moss onto just about any surface I can find, so this post was so fitting for me. LOVE all of your creative ideas. Pinning it all and can’t wait for the next rainy day to try these methods out myself. Thanks!!!

Thank you so much, Nikki! Those urns are actually champagne buckets 😉 I bought the one that holds the biggest moss topiary for $25 at Home Goods, and I bought the other one which holds the 8 inch topiary from a tag sale for $5.

Hello Megs, I am so sorry for the late response. Just seeing your question now. I measured them: The big champagne bucket’s opening is 11 1/4 inch and holds the topiary made from 12 inch Styrofoam ball. The other one is 7 1/4 inch and holds the topiary made from 8 inch Styrofoam ball.

I would have never thought about gluing moss to make topiaries like this. I think it is amazing and will definitely try this some time in the future. I love the metal one and the cork one Awesome displays!

Well, I for one am glad that you went a little moss crazy! What great ideas and inspiration. Really love the big one with the vine wrapped through. Now,all I need to do is find a great silver champagne bucket like you have to display them!

Once again, I love these! This has been my first visit to your site and all 3 projects that I have read so far are so cool! I would love to have any of them in my home. Not only are the projects gorgeous your tutorials are so spot on, anyone, even me, could follow!

Madam, I love your moss balls, and I have to admit that I have never, ever said that to another woman before! LOL You should be highly flattered! LOL And you are right, size does matter!

Thank you so much, Mollie! They are great to decorate with. Also I have a black thumb when it comes to house plants, so we don’t have much greenery in the house. But these moss balls make up for that 🙂

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